Bladder Fern vs Fat-tailed Jird

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Pachyuromys duprasi

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Fat-tailed Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Cystopteris	Pachyuromys
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Pachyuromys duprasi

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Fat-tailed Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bladder Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Colombia).

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladder Fern

The Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.